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January 8, 2015
Israel empathizes with French after magazine massacre
Israel has endured dozens of terrorist attacks over the past two decades, including a series in Jerusalem over the past few months. In the most shocking, Palestinians killed four Jewish worshippers and a policeman while they were praying in a synagogue.
Moving and shaking: Joseph Lieberman honored, Shalom Institute gala and 3G at LAMOTH
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman was the honored guest at the Jan. 4 panel discussion “Setting Educational Policy for the 21st Century” at Young Israel of North Beverly Hills.
Al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch praises gunmen for Paris attack
Al-Qaeda\’s North African branch praised the gunmen behind this week\’s killings at the Paris headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo weekly newspaper as \”knight(s) of truth,\” a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Parisians carry on, rattled but defiant
Serving at a juice bar at an unusually quiet central Saint-Lazare train station, 24-year-old Parisian student Laura Stern admitted to being \”a little bit scared\” a day after the worst attack on the capital in decades.
Kardashians buying Tel Aviv beachfront property
First Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have a traditional Jewish wedding even though neither is believed to be Jewish. Now the non-Jewish Kardashian sisters are buying up luxury property in Israel. Clearly Judaism has taken on a star (and not just Star of David) quality.
30 Years flying under the radar: An interview with Ron Solomon
Once or twice a week, every week, I have the honor of having lunch with a close friend, Ron Solomon.
Meet the three American families bankrolling Netanyahu’s reelection bid
As Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off his re-election campaign Monday night in Tel Aviv, JTA reported that over 90 percent of the prime minister’s campaign funds have come from American donors. And of these American donors, the donations from just three families make up over half of Netanyahu’s total campaign funds.
Pomegranate juice a vehicle for Hasidic help and healing
Get Rabbi Shulim Greenberg talking about the health benefits of pomegranate juice and he sounds like a homeopathic nutritionist — with a Yiddish accent.